There
are so many things happening today, things that are tearing at the very
fiber of our nation, that it is very difficult to keep up with them
all. Beyond that, I confess to sharing the deep intuition of Thomas
Jefferson when he wrote in the Declaration of Independence, "But when a
long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same
Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is
their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for
their future Security. Such has been the patient Sufferance of these
Colonies."

I, too,
believe there is a "Design" behind the "long Train of Abuses" to which
the American people have been subjected. It is incomprehensible that
these abuses are coincidental. The various and sundry abridgments of
our liberties and attacks on our national independence must be
deliberate and planned. Nothing else makes sense!

For
example, common sense demands that the federal government's official
"one gunman" theory explaining the assassination of President John F.
Kennedy be rejected out-of- hand. Such a conclusion strains the limits
of logic!

Also
straining logic is the politically correct interpretation of the life
and influence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. That all the upheaval and
turbulence of the 1960's was the result of one man's gallantry is the
kind of stuff from which fairy tales are made!

Moreover,
the sheer volume of "coincidences" which have collectively shaken the
very foundations of our republic stagger the imagination and serve only
to further augment the conclusion that designers must be at work.

There
must have been a design to turn American education upside- down. Our
Bible-based curricula, which had been in place since the days of Noah
Webster, could not have been supplanted with John Dewey's secularism
accidentally.

Was it
an accident that a country which was built upon a revulsion toward
foreign entanglements could become as mired in internationalist
institutions such as the United Nations as America has become today?
And is it a coincidence that ever since being yoked to the UN,
America's borders are disintegrating, and our troops are continuously
called upon to fight and die, not to protect America's national
interests, but to protect the economic and political interests of
global concerns.

Furthermore,
design is the only explanation for the fact that no matter which party
controls the White House, the president's cabinet members and chiefs of
America's top agencies commonly share membership in the Council on
Foreign Relations (CFR). Would anyone believe that such an occurrence
was a meaningless coincidence if such people commonly shared membership
in the Christian Coalition?

The
list goes on almost without end. Is it a coincidence that no matter
which network one watches, he or she is spoon-fed the same regurgitated
news stories? Is it a coincidence that Hollywood continues its attempt
to pervert the conscience and morals of our country even when they
repeatedly lose money in the process? Is it a coincidence that the
political leaders from both major parties repeatedly ignore the
Constitution? Is it a coincidence that the national news media never
give a fair shake to Second Amendment advocates? Is it a coincidence
that pro-life proponents are always referred to as "anti-abortion"
advocates? Is it a coincidence that Jesse Helms was constantly called a
"far right" Senator but Ted Kennedy is never called a "far left"
Senator?

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Yes,
Thomas Jefferson and America's Founding Fathers believed that a design
was behind the Crown's long train of abuses and usurpations.
Accordingly, can any thinking person not be convinced that a design is
behind the pursuance of the same object today? I'm convinced!

Chuck Baldwin is
Founder-Pastor of
Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. In 1985 the church was
recognized by President Ronald Reagan for its unusual growth and
influence.

Dr. Baldwin is the host of a lively,
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And
is it a coincidence that ever since being yoked to the UN, America's
borders are disintegrating, and our troops are continuously called upon
to fight and die, not to protect America's national interests, but to
protect the economic and political interests of global concerns.